Anita Rau Badami (born 24 September 1961) is an Indian-Canadian novelist. Born in Rourkela, Orissa, India, she was educated at the University of Madras and Sophia College in Bombay. She emigrated to Canada in 1991, and earned an M.A. at the University of Calgary. Her first novel, Tamarind Mem (1997), grew out of her university thesis.

Her critically acclaimed novels deal with the complexities of Indian family life and with the cultural gap that emerges when Indians move to the west.

Badami cites as among her favourite books Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, Cat's Eye and Surfacing by Margaret Atwood, A House for Mr Biswas by V. S. Naipaul and Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson^[1].

[edit] Bibliography

• Tamarind Mem - 1997 ISBN 0670869163 (U.S. title: Tamarind Woman - 2002)
• The Hero's Walk - 2001 ISBN 067697225X
• Can You Hear the Nightbird Call? - 2006

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• A conversation with Anita Rau Badami^{[dead link]}
• Review of The Hero's Walk
• Review of Tamarind Mem
• Anita Rau Badami fan page

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